Mutinta Mazoka

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'''Mutinta Buumba Mazoka M'membe''' (born ) is a Zambian newspaper owner and politician. She owns the independent publication ''[[The Mast]]''.

== Biography ==
Mutinta Mazoka was born around 1977.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Her parents are the late politician [[Anderson Mazoka]] and [[Mutinta C. Mazoka]], a member of the [[National Assembly of Zimbabwe]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

Mazoka studied political science at [[Syracuse University]], then worked for the [[National Democratic Institute|National Democratic Institute for International Affairs]] in Washington, D.C., before attending graduate school at the[[American InterContinental University]], graduating with an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]. She went on to work in finance, with nonprofits, and on entrepreneurial ventures<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

She then became the publisher of ''[[The Mast]]'', an independent newspaper in Zambia that was launched to continue the work of the shuttered ''[[The Post (Zambia)|Post]].''<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref>

Mazoka is a member of the [[United Party for National Development]], which was founded by her father, [[Anderson Mazoka]]. In the [[2021 Zambian general election]], she is running to represent [[Munali (constituency)|Munali]] constituency in the assembly.<ref name=":0" />

Her husband, [[Fred M'membe]], is a Zambian journalist who ran the now-closed ''Post''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 2021, he was running for president against incumbent [[Edgar Lungu]] as leader of the [[Socialist Party (Zambia)|Socialist Party]]. Mazoka, however, chose to remain with the UPND over joining the Socialist Party.<ref name=":0" />

In February 2017, Mazoka was charged with attempting to prevent the arrest of her husband, but she was acquitted the following year.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She was previously arrested in connection with she and M'membe's journalistic work in 2016.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Zambian women journalists]]
[[Category:Zambian women in business]]
[[Category:Zambian women in politics]]
[[Category:United Party for National Development politicians]]
[[Category:Syracuse University alumni]]

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